Posted in addictions, alcoholism, annorexia, anorexia, anxiety, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, depression, fibromyalgia, off meds, recovery, remission, suicidality, suicide, withdrawal, tagged alcoholism, borderline personality disorder, bipolar, withdrawal from meds on May 17, 2008 | No Comments »
i was going to delete this, but then i pulled back and read the whole thing…i could see my thought process as i was having a “borderline melt down”. even though my focus, in this blog, is on my withdrawal from meds and fibromyalgia, i have lived as a recovering borderline amongst other things. boy can my [...]
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Posted in addictions, alcoholism, benzodiazapine, bipolar, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, depression, detox, fatigue, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, peer support, quality of life, recovery, tagged klonopin, lyrica, off meds, fibromyalgia, bipolar, chronic pain, depression, alcoholic, detox, withdrawal, mental illness, psych meds, getting sober on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
i would like to say that this is another journey i don’t want to see come to an end but i’d be lying. detoxing off of my psych meds has made my top three list of most difficult things to do. but to think that it ends here would be…well let’s say getting the drugs [...]
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this isn’t really news…but it was released again today…from the fiercepharma newsletter:
5. Neurontin fails bipolar med review
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Review the research on epilepsy meds, and what do you find? Neurontin (gabapentin), is no better than placebo for bipolar disorder, according to the Prescribing for Better Outcomes center at the University of North [...]
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Posted in FDA, bipolar, drug makers, drug updates, wellbutrinXL, tagged wellbutrin, FDA probe clears generic wellbutrin, generic wellbutrin, teva's generic wellbutrin XL, glaxosmithkline, budeprion XL on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
from fiercepharma:
5. FDA probe clears generic Wellbutrin
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Listen to all those generics makers heaving sighs of relief. The FDA has given the thumbs-up to Teva’s generic Wellbutrin XL, which has been under investigation since early last year. Patients who’d switched from GlaxoSmithKline’s branded form of 300 mg pill to Teva’s Budeprion [...]
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Posted in addictions, alcoholism, benzodiazapine, bipolar, chronic fatigue, detox, klonopin, lamictal, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, recovery, wellbutrinXL, withdrawal, tagged klonopin, neurontin, lyrica, fibromyalgia, wellbutrin, lamictal, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, addictions, alcoholic, laughter, benzodiazapine, withdrawal from meds, personal velocity, healthy living, managing withdrawal and co existing conditions, balanced lifestyle on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
looking at how withdrawal can trigger other disorders like fibromyalgia and considering how to perceive and treat the symptoms. trying to find balance and watching how i can even abuse my own “natural highs”. laughter is a great medicine. remembering the freedoms and habits we came by naturally as children can aid us in how [...]
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Posted in addictions, benzodiazapine, bipolar, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, laughter, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, wellbutrinXL, withdrawal, tagged bipolar, detoxing off benzodiazapine, exercise, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, laughter, lyrica, meditation, neurontin, nutrition, off meds, wellbutrin, withdrawal on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
well…i haven’t written or really been on line for the last few days. i’m a bit rushed this morning but, i guess when you get to feeling better for a bit, things get busy as you paddle to catch up. and there’s just the catching up inspite of not feeling great. the darn fibro alone simply wears [...]
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Posted in AA, benzodiazapine, bipolar, chronic pain, detox, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, tagged AA, asking for help, bipolar, blogshpere friends, detoxing of benzodiazapines, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lonliness, lyrica, off meds, pain, self-esteem on April 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
so far, i’m feeling a bit better today. i messed around with the dosage on my lyrica starting wednesday. i was feeling like i’d drank 2 pots of coffee…very uncomfortable…so i began cutting back a bit and…well, maybe the bottom fell out…but i also wonder if being so tightly wound for so many weeks may [...]
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Posted in alcoholism, bipolar, chronic pain, tagged alcohol, bob fiddaman, detox, glaxo smith kline, GSK, klonopin, lamictal, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, paxil, Seroxat, wellbutrin on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
it was good to see the tremendous show of support for bob fiddaman…let’s see where this goes. this action GSK took towards a blogger and patient should be a great call to action for all of us. seeing the support the blogging community gave is inspirational and hopefully will be the beginning of a new [...]
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Posted in AA, alcohlics anonymous, alcoholism, bipolar, chronic pain, depression, hope, peer support, recovery, tagged alcoholics anonymous, anger, anxiety, beer, cigarettes, cocaine, depression, detoxing from meds, fatigue, mental illness, pain, recovery, spirituality, staying sober on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
i’m holding my own at .62mg klonopin…i’m not bad today but my mind is a little muzzy today so my writing might be muzzy too…but i’ve made a commitment to try to write something positive every day, so…ok…so…spirituality…this is one of those topics that can be “iffy” to broach. i’ll come clean and let you [...]
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Posted in AA, alcohlics anonymous, alcoholism, bipolar, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, depression, fibromyalgia, off meds, peer support, recovery, tagged alcohol, bipolar, chronic pain, depression, despair, detox, fibromyalgia, happy, immune system, laughing, laughter, off meds, recovery, stress and tension, withdrawal on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
today i want to bring up one of my pet concepts. being revolutionary…in how we live. the definition of revolutionary that i’m referring to (so we’re on the same page/screen here) is defined, in Merriam-Websters as: “c: constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change”.
yes, all the tools for better living that i may refer [...]
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